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,:~:*£§¶## the honey is a condensation of a thick ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## liquid, inherent to all mazes. ##¶§£*:~:,
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,:~:*£§¶## mainly collected by the lizardfolk of ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## the kirugu vargir desert, in the ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§§¶# underlying tunnels. it's use and #¶§§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## possession is illegal within the city. ##¶§£*:~:,
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,:~:*£§§§¶ ¶§§§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## :::::::::::::: ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,:~*£§¶ : properties : ¶§£*~:,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## :::::::::::::: ##¶§£*:~:,
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,:~:*£§¶## the honey is a reddish amber, very ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~::*££¶¶ viscous (but still pourable). it smells ¶¶££*::~:,
,:~:*£§¶## slightly of eucalyptus, and has a ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,,,~*£§ mostly bitter taste. §£*~,,,,,,
,:~:*£¶### ###¶£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶¶¶ it's highly addictive, and possess ¶¶¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## strong psychotropic effects. ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,~::*££§ §££*::~,,,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,:::*££§ :::::::::::::: §££*:::,,,
,,,:::*§§# : collection : #§§*:::,,,
,:~:*£§¶## :::::::::::::: ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~::*££§# #§££*::~:,
,:~:*£§¶## the honey materializes in vaccuums ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,,,::£¶ within any labyrinthine space. the more ¶£::,,,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## folded and ambiguous, the faster it ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## emerges. the cavernous systems under ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,,,~:£§ the desert of kirugu serves this §£:~,,,,,,
,:~:*££££§ purpose very well - the lizards use §££££*:~:,
:~:*£§¶### pumps to empty small boxes or jars of ###¶§£*:~:
,,,,,~:*§§ air, which then are left overnight and §§*:~,,,,,
,,::~~:*§¶ harvested the next day. ¶§*:~~::,,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,,~*£§¶ most spaces are somewhat mazelike, and ¶§£*~,,,,,
,:~~~::££¶ it's not uncommon for lizards in kirugu ¶££::~~~:,
,,::~:*§¶¶ veszelle city to keep a few jars (often ¶¶§*:~::,,
,,,,:~~:*§ hanged from the ceiling in metal crowns §*:~~:,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## made for this purpose). however, these ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## may take weeks to fill. ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£££¶# #¶£££*:~:,
,,,,,,::£¶ ::::::::::::: ¶£::,,,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## : as a drug : ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~~~:***§ ::::::::::::: §***:~~~:,
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,,,,:::££§ , one spoon , §££:::,,,,
,,,::*£££§ ,,,,, §£££*::,,,
,,,,,~*££¶ the drug is used by the lizards in ¶££*~,,,,,
,,,,::££§¶ these small (but often continuous) ¶§££::,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## doses. this heightens the senses ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## somewhat but at the cost of a lessened ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:**£§§# ability to multi-task - context #§§£**:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## switching might take longer and be more ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§### confusing. ###§£*:~:,
,,,::**£§¶ ¶§£**::,,,
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,,,,:::££¶ , four spoons , ¶££:::,,,,
,,,,,~~:£§ ,,,,, §£:~~,,,,,
,,,,,,::£¶ multitasking becomes very hard (the ¶£::,,,,,,
,,,,:~:*§# thought does not occur). senses more #§*:~:,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## acute but "unimportant" (ignored). ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,~::*£§§ inner perceptions take the upper hand, §§£*::~,,,
,,,,~:**§¶ abstraction and memory faculties are ¶§**:~,,,,
,:~:*££§¶# sharpened severely. slight telepathy #¶§££*:~:,
,:~:*££§¶¶ (mostly moods) with other honey eaters. ¶¶§££*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## sense of thirst dissappears. still easy ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§### to move around the body (if so ###§£*:~:,
,,,:~:£££¶ inclined). ¶£££:~:,,,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶¶¶ ¶¶¶§£*:~:,
,,,,,~*§§¶ , seven spoons , ¶§§*~,,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## ,,,,, ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,~~*£¶¶ the honey eater becomes unresponsive to ¶¶£*~~,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## normal stimuli, but able to override ##¶§£*:~:,
,:::::**£¶ their own senses with dreamlike ¶£**:::::,
,,,,,::£§¶ imagery. sharing of thoughts with other ¶§£::,,,,,
,,,,,,~:*§ eaters, mood reading of those who stay §*:~,,,,,,
,,,:::££§§ sober (worth noting that the thoughts §§££:::,,,
,,,,,~~*§§ are very fragmented and hard to §§*~~,,,,,
,,,,~~*§§# decipher, unless you are at a similar #§§*~~,,,,
,,,,,:~*£§ level of spoons). at this point the §£*~:,,,,,
,,,,:~*§¶# body is hard to move, and starts losing #¶§*~:,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## water. ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§§§# , nine spoons and above , #§§§£*:~:,
,::*£§¶### ,,,,, ###¶§£*::,
,,,,~**£¶¶ overdose. body losing water quickly, ¶¶£**~,,,,
,,,,:~~:*§ and is completely unable to move. there §*:~~:,,,,
,,,,,:~:£§ is intermittent thought sharing with §£:~:,,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## sober persons (although ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶¶¶ unintelligible). memeories are sharded ¶¶¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§### or not formed. ###§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
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,:~:*£§¶¶¶ : dangers : ¶¶¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## ::::::::::: ##¶§£*:~:,
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,:~:*£§¶## most deaths are due to loss of water - ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*££££¶ thirst is one of the last senses to ¶££££*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## restable after coming down, often gone ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,,,~*£§ for up to twenty four hours. at higher §£*~,,,,,,
:~:*£§¶### doses it's hard to move, even if you ###¶§£*:~:
,:~:*£££§§ would remember drinking (which is also §§£££*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶¶¶ made harder by the attention focusing ¶¶¶§£*:~:,
,,,,:~**§¶ properties of the honey). ¶§**~:,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## ##¶§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## people are known to suffer injuries ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,,,~:£¶ from being still in unfavourable ¶£:~,,,,,,
,:~:*££§§§ climates for too long, sometimes to the §§§££*:~:,
,:~:*£§### point of death. another danger is ###§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§### actually locomotion of the body... ###§£*:~:,
,:~:*£§¶## walking around is still somewhat ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,::***§ possible after losing sight, which have §***::,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## lead to seveal falls. additionally, ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,:::£§§ robberies of the intoxicated are common. §§£:::,,,,
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,:~:*££§¶# lastly, albeit very rare, it's possible #¶§££*:~:,
,,,,,,~*£¶ to die of pure overdose (on the scale ¶£*~,,,,,,
,,,:::£§§§ of jars of honey) before being killed §§§£:::,,,
,::~:****§ by thirst. there are rumors that this §****:~::,
,:~:*£§¶## leaves "ghosts", who will still share ##¶§£*:~:,
,,,,:::£§¶ their thoughts long after their bodies ¶§£:::,,,,
,:~:*£§¶## are dead and gone. ##¶§£*:~:,
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